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Hello all, For each of the past 16 years, I have written an annual Yom Kippur greeting. Yom Kippur is one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar and part of our New Year cycle. The holiday is an opportunity to restart the clock and wipe away the mistakes of the past. However, the Yom Kippur prayers and fasting only serve as a vehicle… Continue reading Sixteenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

Hello all! For each of the past 15 years, I have written an annual Yom Kippur greeting. Yom Kippur is one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar and part of our New Year cycle. The holiday is an opportunity to restart the clock and wipe away the mistakes of the past. However, the Yom Kippur prayers and fasting only serve as a vehicle… Continue reading Fifteenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

Every year for the past 14 years, I’ve written a Yom Kippur Greeting and sent it to people I’ve interacted with over the course of the year. I appreciate the time you take to read it. ******** Since 1998, 3.5 million people have died in the Congo from war, famine and disease. Hundreds of thousands… Continue reading Fourteenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

Hello all 🙂 ’tis the Jewish holiday season. Most people send Rosh Hashanna (New Year’s) Greetings. Bec and I are a bit strange and we send Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Greetings. This is the 13th year I’ve done this. The reason I send a Yom Kippur Greeting is simple. On every Yom Kippur, we… Continue reading Thirteenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

Hello all! Every year for the past twelve years I have written an annual Yom Kippur Greeting and sent it to a pretty wide net of people I’ve interacted with over the year. It is more common to write a Rosh Hashanna (New Year’s) greeting, but in many ways a Yom Kippur greeting is more… Continue reading Twelfth Annual Yom Kippur

Hello all, Every year I write an annual Yom Kippur greeting and send it to people I’ve interacted with over the course of the year. This is the eleventh year I have done so. I appreciate the time you take to read it. ******* The Torah states that a man can be excused from military… Continue reading Eleventh Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

The Jewish New Year, called Rosh Hashanna, is fast approaching. At this time of year, many Jews write New Year’s greetings to one another – analogous to the cards non-Jews send out around December 25th. Rebecca and I don’t follow the usual custom. Instead, we send out an annual Yom Kippur greeting. Yom Kippur is… Continue reading Tenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

There is a very famous story in the Talmud. In it, an accidently invited guest shows up a party. The host hates the guest – and embarrasses him and forces him to leave. The assembled people, including the great rabbis of the city, fail to lift a finger to help the embarrased visitor. The guest… Continue reading Ninth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

There is a recurring theme in Chassidic stories. There are many many variations on the tale, but one of my favorites involves a famous Rabbi and his disciple visiting a desperately poor man and his family. The man was very kind. Despite barely having enough food to put on the table, he fed the Rabbi… Continue reading Seventh Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

Absolute silence. Absolute darkness. In this room, the senses search for information, but find almost none. They are satisfied solely by a lonely smell of old wood which wafts through the air. In the distance, quietly at first, the smell of wood gains a companion. Footsteps can be heard, growing louder as they draw nearer.… Continue reading Sixth Yom Kippur Greeting